Top model Vanessa Moody wears Louis Vuitton on the cover of Madame Figaro’s February 25th fashion issue. Julie Gillet styles Moody in luxury looks from Balenciaga, Celine by Hedi Slimane, Chanel, Dior, Etam, Gucci, Loewe, Prada, Proenza Schouler, Ralph Lauren, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello and more. David Roemer [IG] is behind the lens./ Hair by Keith Carpenter; makeup by Deanna Hagan

The Spring Mood

The Spring 2022 trends all speak to optimism, lightness and a renewed energy of seduction and sensuality. We don’t mean renewed post-COVID energy — although we are all hoping for that reality.

Fashion took a nosedive away from seduction and human sexuality that’s almost a decade long in AOC’s playbook. It’s as if in a world of #MeToo, gender fluidity, and George Floyd — the flame of seduction died. Not any longer.

While the devastating events in Ukraine deplete talk of optimism this weekend, our spirits do ache for optimism and sensual expression — whatever gender hat (if any) we’re wearing at the moment.

Gabriela Hearst explored gender freedom in her Fall 2022 collection, crediting her 14-year-old daughters with helping her to look at gender as a cultural imposition on all humans.